Rujierd looked at the Beastfolk children ahead, bound with ropes and iron shackles. His eyes darkened at once, and veins bulged on his forehead with anger.
"Those bastards! I'm going to kill them and rescue those children!"
"Wait, is killing them really the right thing to do...?" Rudeus hesitated.
Cain, however, agreed with Rujierd. When it came to trafficking people, the two of them felt exactly the same: the traffickers had to die.
"I agree with Rujierd. Rudeus, what if Sylphiette were abducted and sold? Would you still think these people didn't deserve to die?"
Rudeus opened his mouth but found himself speechless. It was true. Forget Sylphiette—if his sisters Aisha and Norn were kidnapped and treated like this, he would never stand for it. But killing people...
Cain gave Rudeus no time to wrestle with it.
In practice, Cain had the final say in this group. He didn't want to make decisions alone, but most of Rudeus's suggestions needed his agreement before everyone accepted them. Without realizing it, he had become the heart of the team.
Cain didn't want to force Rudeus into anything. He only hoped Rudeus would understand that not everyone deserved to be called human, and not everyone deserved to live.
"Rujierd, you're with me. Alexander, Rudeus, stay here. Eris, Rujierd, and I will see what's going on."
"Got it!"
Everyone knew their role. It was the teamwork they had built on the Demon Continent.
Rudeus and Alexander stayed behind with the supplies. Cain and the other two leaped off the giant lizards and raced toward the Beastfolk girls.
They had to kill the guards in a single strike before anyone could use the children as hostages.
"Wait! Who are you?"
The four Human Race swordsmen guarding the Beastfolk drew their blades when they saw Cain